Cigar bunching machine



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UNITED STATES MAX VAN eiiLrEN, or MllLl-IEIM-ON-THE-RHINE, PRUSSIA,GERMANY.

PATENT OFFICE.

CIGAR-BUNCHI-NG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,325, dated February25, 1890.

Application filed December 3, 1888. Serial No. 292,502- (No model.)Patented in Germany August 26, 1888, No. 46,361, and in SwitzerlandNovember 15, 1888, No. 180.

To all whom it may concern.-

4 Be it known that I, MAX VAN GllLPEN, a subject of the King of Prussia,residing at Mulheimbn-the-Rhine, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cigar=Bunchin g Machines, (forwhich I have obtained German Letters Pat ent No. 46,361, dated August26, 1888, and Swiss Letters Patent No. 180, dated November 15, 1888,)whereof the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cigar bunching machines that work by means of anapron fixed at its ends to a table, and of a traveling frame carrying aroller (which I shall call the bunching-roller) whereby the tobaccoplaced in a bight of the apron is caused to be rolled within the latter.

The object of the invention is to produce bunches that are more perfectand uniform than those heretofore made by means of machines and ordinarymolds, and which are like bunches made by hand, the said object beingattained by first converting the loose tobacco into a molded filler orroll of suitable compactness, then covering the filler thus obtainedwithi'the binder, whereby a bunch is produced, and'finally depositingthe bunch by means of the apron in a mold, in which it is finishedrelatively to its outer form and in which it may be conveyed withoutdeformation to the workman who has to put on the wrapper. For thispurpose the aforesaid traveling frame is provided with a pressingsurfaceformed either upon a roller or upon a plate or block and arranged topress on the filler while being rolled, in View of making it morecompactand simultaneously rendering the air-passages of the same moreuniform. Moreover, the bunching-roller is journaled, together with anauxiliary roller, in an oscillating frame pivoted to the travelingframe, and the apron is conducted by other rollers around the aforesaidrollers and over the pressing surface in such manner that thebunching-roller may be raised and depressed to a certain extent withoutaltering the tension of the apron, the bunching-roller being depressedduring the operation of forming the filler and raised when the binder isapplied to the latter.

The machine is provided with means for actuating its parts by hand whena filler is made and by the foot when the filler is wrapped into thebinder. at the delivery end of the table with brackets or the like forholding the aforesaid mold into which the bunch is deposited.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a side View of the completemachine, the apron being omitted. Fig. 2 is a top view corresponding toFig. 1, and Fig. 2 a detail top view of the frame carrying thebombingroller and the aforesaid auxiliary roller. Fig. 3 is a side Viewof the upper portion of the machine, drawn to a larger scale. Figs. 4and l are plans corresponding to portions of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is asectional View showing the rollers in a position different from that inwhich they are represented in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a view showing therollers at the end of their course, the apron having delivered the bunchinto the mold. Fig. 7 is a transverse section of the mold in closedstate. Figs..8, 9, and 10 show modifications of some of the parts of themachine. 9

In Fig. 1,F is the frame of the machine; H, the working-table, fixedthereto and formed in an arc of a circle; D, the traveling frame,pivoted to the frame F in the center 0 of the surface of the table II;E, a pulley-secured to the frame D, and I a pulley carrying the treadleG and connected by a chain or strap to the pulley E, so that the frame Dmay be moved toward the delivery or left-hand end of the table by thefoot of the operator.

K is a shelf for a supply of tobacco.

Q, Fig. 3, is the apron, fixed at points s and rto the table H; a, therecess in the latter into which the slack portion of the apron is bent,so as to form the bight for receiving the tobacco from which the fillerf is to be made, and 9 (see also Figs. 4 and 5) the aforesaidbunching-roller, which, on being moved in the direction of the arrow .2,draws the apron around the tobacco, lifts the tobacco by means of theapron out of the recess a, and by repeated motions forward and backwardcauses the tobacco to be rolled, so as to form the filler.

The main parts mentioned are substantially like those of other machinesof the same Besides, it is fitted kind; but in addition to the roller 9the machine is fitted with the roller '1', whose lower surface is thepressing-surface, the auxiliary roller 71, and the guidingroller 7c, theapron Q being passed from its point of fixture around these rollers tothe roller g in the manner shown by the drawings. Moreover, the roller gis not pivoted directly to the traveling frame D, but it is centered,together with the roller 71, in a frame Z, mounted in the said frame Don pivots Z', that are in the mid dle between the pivots or centers ofthe rollers g and h. In consequence of this arrangement the roller g maybe-dcpressed and raised without altering the tension of the apron,theroller h paying out as much cloth as the roller g takes up, and viceversa. The frame Z is acted upon at its forward end by a spring Z),Figs. 3 and a, which normally keeps the roller 9 raised. Thepressing-roller i is mounted in another frame 971, pivoted to the frameD at m and connected by alinl; to the frame Z, the said link beingcomposed of the two pivoting parts 0 c and of the screw c whereby thelength of the link may be regulated. The position of the roller i is soadjusted relatively to the roller g that when the latter is depressedfor making a filler the roller '21 will press on the filler f by itssurface 0, as shown in 5. By means of this pressure a more perfectfiller is obtained. The motion of the frame D required in forming afiller and the simultaneous.depression of the rollers g and d areproduced by hand through the medium of the handle. T, attached to theframe Z.

I After a filler has been made, the f 'ameI) is moved back until theformer is within a short distance of the recess a and the handles T arereleased. The roller being thus liberated from the pressure of thehands, is raised by the spring laso that sufficient space is obtainedbetween the roller and the apron to permit the binder to be easilyintroduced to the filler. The operator then spreads outtlle binder onthe apron, and while keeping it smooth with his hands he moves theframeD forward by a pressure of the foot on the treadle G, and therebyrolls the filler into the binder, the roller g meanwhile remaining inits uppermost position.

It will have become evident from. the foregoing that the capability ofthe roller 9 of moving up and down is not in itself of influonce on theindividual operations of forming the filler and applying the binderthereto; but it renders the machine capable of being used for firstmaking the liller and then enveloping it in the binder, wherebycigar-bunches are produced which are similar to hand-made bunches andsuperior to those made 011 machines by rolling the loose tobacco at onceinto the binder.

At its delivery end the table is provided with a concave holder (Z,carried by brackets e and serving to receive amoldf, having the form ofthe finished cigar, and to which is hinged a lid or counterqnold part f.The

said holder is so arranged that the bunch on being delivered by theapron (see Fig. 0) is deposited in the mold f, and is thus protectedagainst deformation or an unrolling of the binder. After the lid f hasbeen closed, as shown by Fig. 7, the mold is conveyed with the bunch init to the operator who has to put on the Wrapper, and another mold isplaced into the holder.

The pressingsurfacc 0, which, according to the foregoing description ofthe machine, is the surface of the roller, may be formed by a plate orblock Z, Figs. 8 and 9, fixed to a frame on, which is an equivalent ofthe frame m in Figs. 3 and 4.. In this case, however, a special rollerjis required for conducting the apron away over the pressing-plate. Thesaid Figs. 8 and 9 besides show another modi fication, consisting in theomission of the frame Z and roller h, the roller 9 being pivoted in theframe D,as usual. This arrangement is available in machines not designedfor separately carrying out the operations of forming the filler andwrapping the same into the binder, but which are to be provided with thepressing'surface, whether the latter is formed by the plate z" or by theroller 1'. (Shown in Fig. 8 by a dotted circle.)

For allowing the pressingsurface to be adjusted to the thickness of thebunch required the checks of the frame m are bentoutward at their endsand connected each to a pro jection of the frame D by a regulatingscrewa.

F ig. 10 shows a pressin g roller 41 molded to correspond to the form ofacigar. If arollcr of this form is employed, it is necessary in allcases to conduct the apron away over the same by means of a specialcylindrical roller, such as the roller j, Fi

The pressing plate or roller may be made of any suitable material; butit is advan tageous to face the same with india rubber, in View ofimpartingto it a slight degree of elasticity.

I claim as my invcntion-= 1. In a cigar-bunching machinc,the combi*nation of the table II, having the recess a, traveling frame D, apron Q,fixed to the fa ble at the points .9 and r, bunching-roller g, and apressing-surface, both carried by the frame D, the said surface beingadapted to bear on the filler of the cigavbunch while being rolled, anda roller or rollers also carried by the frame D, and whereby the apronis conducted from its point of fixture s over the pressing-surface tothe roller g, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the table II, havingthe recess a, traveling frame D, apron Q,fix.ed to the table at thepoints 5 and 7', frame Z, pivoted at Z to the frame D, rollers g and h,centered in the frame Z, a pressing-surface carried by the frame D andadapted to bear on the filler of the cigar-bunch while being rolled, androllers also carried by frame D, and whereby the apron is conducted fromits point of fixture 8 to the roller h, and thence over thepressingsurface to the roller g, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

3. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the table H, havingthe recess a, travelingframe D, bunching-roller g, carried by the frameD, apron Q, fixed to the table at the points 3 and r, and roller 2',also carried by the frame D and adapted to bear on the filler of thecigar-bunch While being formed, the apron being conducted from its pointof fixture s over the roller 1' to the roller 9, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

4.. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the table H, havingthe recess a,

traveling frame D, apron Q, fixed to the table at the points 5 and 0",frame Z, pivoted at Z to the frame D, rollers g and h, centered in theframe Z, rollers 2' and 70, carried by the frame D, handles T, andspring I), the apron being passed in succession around the rollers k, h,and 2' to the roller 9, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the table H, havingthe recess a, traveling frame D, apron Q, fixed t0 the table at thepoints 5 and 1", frames Z and m, pivoted to the frame D, rollers g andh, centered in the frame Z, roller 2', centered in the frame m, androller 10, carried by frame D, a link con necting together the frames 1and m, handles '1, and spring I), the apron being passed in successionaround the rollers 10, h, and L to the roller 9, substantially as andfor the pur- 3 5 pose specified.

6. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the table H, havingthe recess a, traveling frame D, apron Q, fixed to the table at thepoints 8 and 1", bunching-roller g and 40 a pressing-surface bothcarried by frame D, the said surface being adapted to bear on the fillerof the bunch while being rolled, a roller or rollers also carried by theframe D, and

whereby the apron is conducted from its point 4 5 of fixture s over thepressing-surface to the roller 9, treadle G, and means of connectionbetween the treadle and the frame D, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

7. In a cigar=bunching machine, the combi- 5o nation of a table H,having the recess a and holder 61, the traveling frame D, bunchingroller9, carried by said frame, apron Q, fixed to the table at the points 8and r, and the re movable bunch-mold f, having a lid f hinged 5 5thereto, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing

